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How Long Will Starbucks Last in China?

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How Long Will Starbucks Last in China?
Paramilitary police officers stand guard near a Starbucks coffee in Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, China, on Feb. 2, 2019. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Anders Corr
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Starbucks offers an “American lifestyle experience” for $4 a cup. But buying American brew—one of the only ways the Chinese can vote—is threatening the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Anders Corr
Anders Corr
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Anders Corr has a bachelor's/master's in political science from Yale University (2001) and a doctorate in government from Harvard University (2008). He is a principal at Corr Analytics Inc. and publisher of the Journal of Political Risk, and has conducted extensive research in North America, Europe, and Asia. His latest books are “The Concentration of Power: Institutionalization, Hierarchy, and Hegemony” (2021) and “Great Powers, Grand Strategies: the New Game in the South China Sea" (2018).
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